On a wet evening in Suhl, in the former East Germany, a smattering of youthful faces were among hundreds lining up to hear from an unlikely idol - Björn Höcke, one of the most controversial figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
  • poVoq@slrpnk.netMEnglish
    27·
    2 days ago

    This is misleading and not supported by polls.

    It is true that there has been a shift in traditionally more left leaning young voters towards the AfD, but that just means than they don’t poll worse anymore that they do in the general public accross all age groups.

    • a887dcd7a@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      2 days ago

      Also this is Saxony, a far right castle. There are 15 other states. A little hasty to use this as interpolation for whole country.

      But sad truth to be told, the AfD engages younger folks on social media quite effectively.

    • Saleh@feddit.orgEnglish
      123·
      2 days ago

      This is the exit polling result of the 2024 state election in Saxony, where the AfD came in a close second to the CDU. (31,9 % CDU, 30,6% AfD)

      It is pretty even with a slope towards older people until the group 70+ where there is a much lower result.

      Of course this is specific to the Saxony state elections, but this is consistent with what you hear from polls which include age ranges. Unfortunately news articles often just focus on one specific age group instead of covering all of them.

      In this particular case it is also important to look at Germanys demographics.

      https://service.destatis.de/bevoelkerungspyramide/index.html

      Basically you can say that young voters are an ever decreasing number of people, with the boomers and gen x making up the largest demographics. So even if the AfD is getting more popular among younger people, the typical AfD voter will be 50-69 and male.